In March this year, Prasad had asked Twitter to ensure that there is no misuse of the platform by any "foreign" elements during the upcoming general elections scheduled for next year. “Twitter should not be abused by sinister forces including “foreign” elements to derail fairness of democracy” Prasad had told ET at the time.

The minister had also expressed his concerns about the abuse of Twitter for encouraging terrorism and communalism and hatred.

Twitter’s global head of policy Colin Crowell, who was visiting India at the time, had told ET that the platform is doubling down on its efforts to curb fake accounts and malicious content.

"We are also doubling down on the commitment that we make in markets like India, which are significant, have elections underway during the course of the year. We want to make sure that the elections are open, they are fair and that is reflected on Twitter" Crowell had said at the time.

Twitter is also looking for a country director to head the India market where the company hasn't been able to generate high advertising sales growth despite increasing smartphone and Internet penetration, ET reported last month.

For the year ended March 2018, Twitter's India unit reported revenues of Rs 43 crore, down from Rs 50 crore revenues a year ago. Net profit also fell 30% to Rs 2.79 crore for the year. It, however, claimed that its revenue hit an all-time high in the third quarter.

Twitter’s former country head Taranjeet Singh left in September after a stint of three-and-a-half years, following which the company’s global head of revenue strategy and operations Balaji Krish was appointed as interim country head.

Earlier this week, ET reported that Twitter is also expanding its local language support in the country to generate greater political conversations and tap newer advertisers.

“Asia continues to be a growth engine for us globally and India year to date has seen its revenue peak at an all-time high. We expect this to continue and we are bullish on our prospects in the market,” Maya Hari, VP, and managing director of Twitter for Asia Pacific told ET.

"We have introduced more local language support as we go into state elections. We are investing in products, policy and the response time taken to respond to requests. We have expanded our rules to better reflect how we identify fake accounts" Hari added.